Muhlenberg's Wescoe Students To Graduate
Fifty-one students at the Wescoe School of Muhlenberg College, formerly known as Muhlenberg Evening College, will participate in commencement exercises, Saturday, October 4, 11 a.m., in the Egner Memorial Chapel. The graduates have completed programs in business administration, human resource management and information systems.Tuesday, September 30, 2003 01:02 PM
Fifty-one students at the Wescoe School of Muhlenberg College, formerly known as Muhlenberg Evening College, will participate in commencement exercises, Saturday, October 4, 11 a.m., in the Egner Memorial Chapel. The graduates have completed programs in business administration, human resource management and information systems.
The commencement speaker will be Griffith Dudding, Ph.D., an independent training consultant for Rudis Group International, which works under contract with the Institute of International Education, designing and conducting management training in Egypt. Long affiliated with Muhlenberg College, he served as assistant professor of English from 1962-1972, earning the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1968. Since 1979, Dudding has served in adjunct faculty positions teaching contemporary fiction, modern poetry and modern American fiction. In 1998-99, he was director of the evening college human resources studies program, designing curriculum and hiring staff for an accelerated degree program for adult students.
Blesilda Estrella-Aquino, who will receive her bachelor’s degree in business administration, will serve as the student speaker. A native of the Philippines, Estrella-Aquino earned an asociate’s degree from Emilio Aguinaldo College in 1974. She moved to the Lehigh Valley in 1999 from Ottawa, Ontario, where she worked as a program officer for the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and as director of international education at Sheridan College. She is now a sales project specialist for Lutron Electronics Company. Dedicated to serving the community, Estrella-Aquino is an active member of Allentown’s St. Francis of Assisi parish.
The Wescoe School of Muhlenberg College provides adult learners with an opportunity to pursue lifelong education, and to do so in ways that recognize their experience, maturity, motivation, and life circumstances, and capacity for independent scholarship. It encompasses the accelerated program, summer study and the liberal arts program. For information about the Wescoe School, call 484-664-3300.
